<div dir="ltr">I agree - this seems very strange. All other ICANN-related travel or in person events seem to have been moved online. Why is this any different?<div><br></div><div>Michael Karanicolas</div><div>Wikimedia Fellow</div><div>Yale Law School</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 11:56 AM Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton@gatech.edu" target="_blank">milton@gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Why does Nomcom insist on in-person meetings at this time? It seems fabulously absurd to me. We’ve all learned that you can bring a group together virtually for
productive discussions; you can offer classes, you can have meetings, what is the problem with doing it virtually? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">To be paralyzed by the inability to have in-person meetings during a pandemic baffles me – am I missing something? What’s stopping you from dumping the in-person
meeting part and doing it virtually?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 30, 2020 2:51 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [NCUC-DISCUSS] Nom Com<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">this is the next interim report about progress work within the NomCom 2020 as the NCUC Rep.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on around 40 virtual one hour interviews with candidates, done by small teams of NomCom members, we had four rounds of virtual discussions in July 2020 and produced for each of the seven positions shortlists. For the two positions
in the ICANN Board we have now seven candidates on the shortlist. For the positions in the PTI Board, GNSO, CNSO and ALAC we have a smaller shortlists.
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, Covid-19 has disorganised our plans. We have discussed options, how to proceed. The bylaws calls for a final selection 8 weeks before the Annual Meeting, which would be mid August. At this moment it is unclear how we can finish
this years work within the given time frame and without a final round of live interviews with shortlisted candidates and a F2F meeting. There are some ideas, to create hubs and to have a decentralized process, but at this stage, I have serious doubts that
we can reach consensus intime under this extreme circumstances. <u></u><u></u></p>
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